Haiti’s low voter registration rate underscores participation challenge for upcoming vote

Overview: Haiti’s slow voter registration highlights a major participation challenge ahead of the proposed Dec. 13 elections. The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) is racing against the clock to meet its deadline, with far fewer registered voters on the …

HAITI-Over half a million voters registered so far to cast ballots in elections

- Advertisement - PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Sept 8, CMC – The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), says just over half a million  voters have been registered across the country as preparations continue for the elections to be held in December this year. The …

Archbishop Coakley asks Trump to suspend deportations to Haiti

A boat carrying Haitian migrants stopped by the US Coast Guard in 2022 US Coast Guard / Erik Villa-Rodriguez Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City wrote a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to pause enforced departures of Haitians living in …

U.S. Government Deports Brazilian Boy, Son of Haitians, to Haiti

The U.S. deported a Brazilian boy born in 2021 to Haiti on August 27, one of the most dangerous countries in the world. The child traveled with his Haitian parents, who lost TPS (a humanitarian protection policy) after a Supreme Court ruling upheld the …

VIDEO: “Nice B” continues TikTok livestreams as she is sought in Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Esther Thomas, known on social media as “Nice B,” continues to livestream on TikTok while she is reportedly being sought by authorities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic in connection with a homicide case. Thomas has continued sharing content online, …

Will the UN vote to sustain Haiti’s Gang Suppression Force?

On 30 September the UN Security Council will vote on renewing the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) for Haiti.  Now is not the time to pull the plug on GSF and its security effort. If anything, the Security Council vote should be an opportunity to swiftly renew …

Haiti among nations using drones for organised

By Sol Amaya, CNN (CNN) — As some 2,500 heavily armed police officers, soldiers and snipers entered through a maze of narrow streets, intense gunfire could be heard all around. The scene reached its climax when a bomb targeting the security forces was seen …

From Haiti to Canada, a Quebec debut novel reaches for France's top literary prizes

From Haiti to Canada, a Quebec debut novel reaches for France's top literary prizes

MONTREAL — When Thélyson Orélien learned that his first novel had made it on a shortlist for France’s prestigious Prix Goncourt, he thought about two places: Haiti, where he was born, and Quebec, where he says his life as a writer truly began. MONTREAL — …

In Turbulent Times, Football Brings Haiti Hope

  By Jude Pierre Louis In Haiti, the sport of football creates social cohesion: despite their differences, people from all classes come together on the field. Children from wealthy families, poor backgrounds, and middle-class homes alike get the …